Shoe-shining device



M. BLOOMSTEIN.

SHOE SHINING' DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT 23, 1920.

Patented Apr. 19,1921.

sure st MAX BLOOMSTEIN, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

SHOE-SHINING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

Application filed September 23, 1920. Serial No. 412,179.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MAX BLooMsrnIN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Shining Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to improvements in shoe shining devices,-oneobject of the invention being to provide a simple, compact andsubstantial device of the character specified which can be cheaplymanufactured; which can be packed in a small space for use of travelers,and which shall be convenient to operate.

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combination of parts as hereinafterset forth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a shoe shiningdevice embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view, and Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional view.

1 represents a rectangular frame constructed of stout wire andcomprising side members 2, 2, and end members 3, 3.

A block l, preferably of wood, extends from one end member to the otherand at its ends is provided with grooves 5 to receive said end membersso that said block shall be so disposed that its upper face will lieapproximately flush with the upper faces of said end members and saidblock is of such thickness that it will depend an appreciable distancebelow the horizontal plane of the under faces of the wire frame 1, thuscausing said wire frame to be disposed a sufficient distance above thesupport on which the device may be placed to permit the free movementsof a polishing cloth 6 which is caused to pass about the side members ofthe wire frame and over the shoes of the user.

A sheet metal facing plate 7 (preferably of galvanized iron) is locatedupon the wooden block 4: and may be secured thereto by means ofindentations 8 or by other suitable fastening means. At respective endsthe metal facing sheet is bent downwardly over the end members of thewire frame so as to form flanges 9 which are secured to the ends of thewooden block by means of indentations 10 or other suitable fasteningmeans, and in this manner the wooden block as well as the metal spacingsheet are securely fastened to the ends of the wire frame.

It will be noted that the wooden block and its covering sheet areconsiderably less in width than that of the wire frame and thus openings11 of adequate size are afforded for the free passage of the polishingcloth.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A shoe shining device comprising a rectangular wire frame, a blockextending from end to end of said frame and having grooves in the uppersurfaces at its ends to receive the end members of said frame, the saidblock being narrower than the wire frame so as to leave looped openingscontinuously throughout the length of the block, and a plate secured tosaid block and covering the ends of the wire frame within the grooves inthe block, the said plate being secured to the ends of the block andoperating to hold the wire frame in place.

2. A. shoe shining device, comprising a rectangular wire frame, a woodenblock narrower than the rectangular wire frame, the said block beingnotched at its ends and extending from end to end of said wire frame anddepending below the plane thereof, and a sheet metal facing platesecured upon said wooden block and having flanges embracing the endmembers of the wire frameand secured to the ends of said wooden block.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

MAX BLOOMSTEIN. Witnesses W. W. HOPKINS, C. V. ERWIN.

